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How to Find Affordable Health Insurance in the State of West Virginia
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There are also programs covering additional age groups for children such as Poverty-Level Children Ages 1-5 (income not exceeding 133% of FPL) and Poverty-Level Children Ages 6-16 (income not exceeding 100% of FPL). Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) considers children under 19 for health insurance if they are uninsured; it provides full medical coverage.
For adults, SSI-Related Medicaid offers insurance for the elderly (65 and older), blind and disabled who do not qualify for SSI, Breast and Cervical Cancer program for uninsured women who don't qualify for Medicare, programs for those receiving Medicare that helps pay their premiums; qualifying incomes are at 100%, 135% and 200% of FPL. Medicaid Work Incentive is for disabled people 16 to 65 and income not exceeding 250% of FPL . There are also Medicaid programs providing insurance for long-term care; income limits apply.
West Virginia also has nine free health clinics, hospitals that offer free or discounted services to people who qualify, free dental care, free physical, occupational and speech therapy services, and more.
West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program:
www.chip.wv.gov
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition:
www.wvhealthykids.org
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health:
www.wvdhhr.org/bph/
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